# PEP 594, take 2: Removing dead batteries from the standard library

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**Created:** [February 4, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-594-take-2-removing-dead-batteries-from-the-standard-library/13508 "2022-02-04T23:51:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-594-take-2-removing-dead-batteries-from-the-standard-library/13508/40 "2022-05-08T20:37:00Z")

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Sorry, I should have kept digging. I found an answer in the old PEP 594 thread which suggests using email.message.Message objects.

Edit: link here in case anyone else gets stumped like I was… [PEP 594: Removing dead batteries from the standard library - #14 by mjpieters](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-594-removing-dead-batteries-from-the-standard-library/1704/14)

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